A low-cost non-toxic post-growth activation step for CdTe solar cells

JD Major, RE Treharne, LJ Phillips, K Durose - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Cadmium telluride, CdTe, is now firmly established as the basis for the market-leading thin-
film solar-cell technology. With laboratory efficiencies approaching 20 per cent, the research …

Isotype Heterojunction Solar Cells Using n-Type Sb2Se3 Thin Films

TDC Hobson, LJ Phillips, OS Hutter, H Shiel… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The carrier-type of the emerging photovoltaic Sb2Se3 was evaluated for both thin films and
bulk crystals via a range of complementary techniques. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy …

Superior performance of V2O5 as hole selective contact over other transition metal oxides in silicon heterojunction solar cells

O Almora, LG Gerling, C Voz, R Alcubilla… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2017 - Elsevier
Transition metal oxides (TMOs) have recently been proved to efficiently serve as hole-
selective contacts in crystalline silicon (c-Si) heterojunction solar cells. In the present work …

Overcoming carrier concentration limits in polycrystalline CdTe thin films with in situ do**

BE McCandless, WA Buchanan, CP Thompson… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Thin film materials for photovoltaics such as cadmium telluride (CdTe), copper-indium
diselenide-based chalcopyrites (CIGS), and lead iodide-based perovskites offer the …

Over 100 mV VOC Improvement for Rear Passivated ACIGS Ultra‐Thin Solar Cells

A Oliveira, M Curado, J Teixeira, D Tomé… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A decentralized energy system requires photovoltaic solutions to meet new aesthetic
paradigms, such as lightness, flexibility, and new form factors. Notwithstanding, the materials …

Capacitance methodology for investigating defect states in energy gap of organic semiconductor

HS Pang, H Xu, C Tang, LK Meng, Y Ding, J **ao… - Organic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Organic semiconductor materials have been applied diffusely in photoelectronic devices,
such as solar cells, light emitting diodes, etc. Defect states in energy gap are one of most …

Controlled activation of ZnTe: Cu contacted CdTe solar cells using rapid thermal processing

J Li, DR Diercks, TR Ohno, CW Warren… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Back contacts can significantly limit CdTe solar cell performance, reducing both open circuit
voltage (V oc) and fill factor (FF). Copper is an essential component of effective back …

Reduced recombination and improved performance of CdSe/CdTe solar cells due to Cu migration induced by light soaking

MK Jamarkattel, X Mathew, AB Phillips… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The performance of CdTe solar cells has advanced impressively in recent years with the
incorporation of Se. Instabilities associated with light soaking and copper reorganization …

[HTML][HTML] Reduced defect density at the CZTSSe/CdS interface by atomic layer deposition of Al2O3

ME Erkan, V Chawla, MA Scarpulla - Journal of Applied Physics, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
The greatest challenge for improving the power conversion efficiency of Cu 2 ZnSn (S, Se) 4
(CZTSSe)/CdS/ZnO thin film solar cells is increasing the open circuit voltage (V OC) …

Characteristics of In-substituted CZTS thin film and bifacial solar cell

J Ge, J Chu, J Jiang, Y Yan, P Yang - ACS applied materials & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Implementing bifacial photovoltaic devices based on transparent conducting oxides (TCO)
as the front and back contacts is highly appealing to improve the efficiency of kesterite solar …